English Dictionary

snuff

/snʌf/

verb

To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated. / (obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.

He decided to snuff out the candle before going to bed.

意味（1）

To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.

意味（2）

(obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.

The dimness of the light her candle emitted made her turn to it in alarm; but there was no danger of its sudden extinction, it had yet some hours to burn; and that she might not have any greater difficulty in distinguishing the writing than what its ancient date might occasion, she hastily snuffed it. Alas! it was snuffed and extinguished in one.

意味（3）

(slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.

A court yesterday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of prohibiting same-sex marriage, snuffing hopes for marriage equality proponents to shortcut stalled legislative efforts.